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The fact that Donald Trump is going to try to subvert the 2026 elections doesn't mean he will be successful. We have shown before that we can fight back in court and win. The key is that we must educate everyone about what is going to happen and what they can do as well to defend democracy.

Nobody in this Administration can agree on why they started this war or when it will end. The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the President are all saying different things. Servicemembers’ lives are on the line, and they deserve better than this.

The one good thing seen from them in years. 🙄👇

Oh hey that thing we were all afraid of happening. Well it fucking happened. If you haven’t already locked down your credit/identity, you should fucking do it now. I’ll put the thread I wrote on how to do that (ish, there are Reddit boards with a million more steps you can take) in the comments. 🤬🤬🤬

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Tell Congress: Support Bird-Smart Wind Energy Please ask your members of Congress to consider impacts to wildlife as they accelerate renewable energy development.

🚨 Tell Congress: Support Bird-Smart Wind Energy 👇

act.abcbirds.org/a/take-actio...

#Politics #USPolitics #Congress #Energy #WindEnergy #Animals #Wildlife #Birds #TakeAction #EmailYourSenators #EmailYourRep

A large Brittle Star navigates some red urchins on a rocky reef near Santa Barbara CA.

I'm kinda fond of brittle stars and they don't get much press. This is one of the larger more active species. Ophioderma panamense, the Panama Serpent Star. Found on rocky reefs from S. Cal to Ecuador. It has no trouble navigating some red urchins. Lots of tube feet coming out of the urchin below it

This is waaaayyyy better than a video game! I’m bookmarking this. 🚪🐟🐟🐟

visdeurbel.nl/en/

Low angle shot on a sandy beach of consistent tracks in the sand that look like they were made by a vehicle. They end in the distance at a sleeping green sea turtle who made them.

Turtle Tracks! These may seem like tire tracks, but they are, in fact, the tracks of a green sea turtle hauling out onto the beach to bask in the sun!

#nature #turtle #herps #honu #love #zen #amazing #maui #eastcoastkin #photography #nokings

Not great.

Stay safe everyone and catch updates from U.S. National Weather Service Kansas City and your local news!

One and done

Ig Nobel prizes moving to Europe because US 'unsafe' to visit

Science awards ceremony moved outside U.S. to protect foreign participants. "‘During the past year, it has become unsafe for our guests to visit the country,’ Ig Nobel founder Marc Abrahams said... Monday. The 36th... Ig Nobels will be held in... Zurich...” www.courthousenews.com/ig-nobel-pri...

Belarus journalist convicted of treason and sentenced to 9 years in prison Exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said Pavel Dabravolski was being targeted by “trumped-up charges.”

Belarusian journalist sentenced to 9 years in prison for treason. “…Pavel Dabravolski was convicted Monday of treason.... the fifth media worker to be jailed in two weeks in a relentless government crackdown on freedom of the press." www.courthousenews.com/belarus-jour...

cool jellyfish that looks like a flower (about 100mm diameter- lion’s mane?) red center with white petals long tentacles

saw a cool jellyfish that looks like a flower (about 100mm diameter- lion’s mane?)

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A Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris) clinging to the side of a rock, with various sea plants around. The octopus is staring at the photographer while inking. Its orange siphon is visible on the right, and a large column of brown ink is shooting out like a geyser. The octopus has a whitish colour, with slight reddish eyes and suckers. It has its papillae raised, giving it a bumpy appearance with some much taller bumps (almost spiky, but still rounded and fleshy).

THINK FAST, INK ATTACK

🐙📷Falk Viczian Solarboot-Projekte gGmbH (www.inaturalist.ca/observations...)

Understanding how “marine snow” acts as a carbon sink news.mit.edu/2026/underst...
A new study finds hitchhiking bacteria dissolve essential ballast in ubiquitous “snow” particles, which could counteract the ocean’s ability to sequester carbon.

Not only is the president mentally unfit, all of his sycophants in the Congress and Senate are too.

We're spending $1 billion per day on war as millions of working people struggle to get by.

Meanwhile, America's ultra-rich have never been richer.

I am calling for a regime change in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NOW!

Who's with me?

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Israel Googling Real Names of Anonymous X Users Across the world, anonymous users on the social-media platform X are reporting that data from Google Trends shows their real names are being mass searched in Israel, Alan MacLeod reports. By Alan M...

Anonymous X users say their names are being Googled from Israel. “A wide range of anonymous X (Twitter) users have reported that their real names are suddenly being Googled in Israel shortly after they began criticizing the country for its actions in Palestine." consortiumnews.com/2026/03/09/i...

Latest Manatee Update from Blue Spring!
The river temp was up to 75.7F (24.3C) and no manatees were in the spring run.
A little cool dip is predicted for early next week but questionable if that will bring any manatees back.

Here is a pic of two juvenile manatees from last week!

Image 1

An aquarium in Florida is is celebrating one of its manatees as it sets a new world record.
https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/florida-manatee-named-romeo-sets-world-record-as-oldest-manatee/ 

Latest Manatee Update from Blue Spring!
The river temp came up a bit more and was at 76.5F (24.7C) this morning – quite a bit warmer than the spring temperature, so again not surprisingly no manatees were in the spring run.
[This manatee photo is from earlier in the season]

No deepsea mining!
"...gathering data there at depths up to 100 meters (330 feet).
The devices, called ARMS (Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures), yielded 2,000 specimens, including 100 species never before recorded in the region and at least 20 species new to science."

Why #extreme #rightwing politicians like #ScottMorrison campaign for #deepsea #mining

Deep-sea mining isn’t just extraction—it’s permanent change.
Habitat destruction, biodiversity loss, and toxic sediment plumes put the deep ocean at risk. Learn more here! www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#DeepSea #OceanHealth #Biodiversity #ProtectTheDeep #NoDeepSeaMining

Mining without rules: The risky US bet on the deep sea Bottom lines up front In April 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order permitting deep-sea mining in international waters. This is contrary to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and might mean that the United States has violated customary international law. The executive order raises questions regarding the legal status of any mining that might take place under US license, particularly whether insurers and companies based outside the US would be willing to participate. The increasingly tense geopolitical landscape has brought into sharp relief Western dependence on rare earth minerals. The minerals exist in minuscule concentrations (hence the “rare” label) in rock around the world, but where the rare earths are found is less important than how they are processed. Because the processing is cumbersome and extremely polluting, Western countries have long been reluctant to permit large-scale processing, which has instead become the domain of Chinese companies. That has resulted in rare earths overwhelmingly being processed in China: As of 2025, some 90 percent of rare earths are processed there. Western governments have long tolerated this situation, even though it involved minerals crucial to the functioning of modern societies, because they believed in the rules...

Mining without rules: The risky US bet on the deep sea
->Atlantic Council | More on "Deep sea mining international law" at BigEarthData.ai | #DeepSea #Ocean

Desire for these small rocks on the ocean floor is triggering a 'deep sea gold rush' Negative consequences of deep ocean mining activity are no longer found only on the seafloor. This controversial practice has now become a midwater problem as well, with potential impacts reaching hundreds of feet above the ocean floor in every part of the world. A new study is the first to show that waste discharged from mining ships into the midwater “twilight zone” of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) could disrupt food webs hundreds of feet above the seabed. Researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa found that more than half of the zooplankton and roughly 60 percent of the micronekton living between about 650 to 4,900 feet (200 to 1,500 meters) would be exposed to mining plumes. Because these animals feed larger predators, the effects would ripple upward to fish, seabirds, and marine mammals. Ocean mining plumes replace nutrients During deep-sea mining, sediment, seawater, and pulverized nodule fragments are pumped to a surface vessel. Nodules are separated, and the waste slurry is returned to the ocean. Some operators have proposed releasing this waste in midwater to avoid smothering the seafloor. The new work suggests that choice could backfire. By sampling during a 2022 mining trial in the CCZ, the team...

Desire for these small rocks on the ocean floor is triggering a 'deep sea gold rush'
->Earth.com | More on "Deep sea mining environmental impacts" at BigEarthData.ai | #DeepSea #Ocean

NC fishing lawsuit decision could change industry A lawsuit filed by the Coastal Conservation Association of North Carolina alleges the state has failed to properly manage its fisheries. The case highlights the long-standing conflict between the state's commercial and recreational fishing industries. A judge's decision, expected in several months, could significantly reshape North Carolina's fishing regulations. Closing arguments have been made in a case in Raleigh that could help determine the future direction of how North Carolina manages its fisheries. But it still could be several months before the Wake County Superior Court judge makes a decision. The Coastal Conservation Association of North Carolina is suing the state alleging that it hasn't effectively maintained its fisheries, which are considered a natural resource to be managed for the benefit of all North Carolinians. After several court wins for the association against moves by the state to dismiss the case, which was filed in 2020, the trial began Jan. 20. Both the state constitution and the 1997 Fisheries Reform Act bound North Carolina to rebuild any fishing stocks that get depleted, which has led the state to get involved in managing several commercially and recreationally important species, including flounder, shrimp, blue crab and striped bass. Fishermen on both sides...

NC fishing lawsuit decision could change industry
->Wilmington Star-News | More on "NC fisheries lawsuit regulatory decision" at BigEarthData.ai